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What I Read: Neural Networks Help Explain Brains

By Andrew Fairless on February 1, 2021January 7, 2021

https://www.quantamagazine.org/deep-neural-networks-help-to-explain-living-brains-20201028/ neuroscienceDeep Neural Networks Help to Explain Living Brains Deep neural networks, often criticized as “black boxes,” are helping neuroscientists understand the organization of living brains.“If their CNN mimicked aContinue readingWhat I Read: Neural Networks Help Explain Brains

What I Read: Mitochondria, Anxiety and Mental Health

By Andrew Fairless on January 12, 2021December 23, 2020

https://www.quantamagazine.org/mitochondria-may-hold-keys-to-anxiety-and-mental-health-20200810/ Mitochondria May Hold Keys to Anxiety and Mental Healthby Elizabeth LandauAugust 10 2020 3:43 PM “Yet a growing number of scientists have joined her during the past decade orContinue readingWhat I Read: Mitochondria, Anxiety and Mental Health

What I Read: Scientists Taught Mice to Smell an Odor That Doesn’t Exist

By Andrew Fairless on December 31, 2020December 20, 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-taught-mice-to-smell-an-odor-that-doesnt-exist/ Grace HuckinsScience06.25.2020 07:00 AMScientists Taught Mice to Smell an Odor That Doesn’t ExistWith direct brain stimulation, mice learned to recognize an imaginary scent—and helped researchers understand a key pieceContinue readingWhat I Read: Scientists Taught Mice to Smell an Odor That Doesn’t Exist

What I Read: Possible Alzheimer’s Treatment

By Andrew Fairless on December 26, 2020December 13, 2020

https://www.quantamagazine.org/stimulated-brain-waves-offer-a-possible-treatment-for-alzheimers-20200527/ May 27 2020 2:56 PMSpreading the Word on a Possible Alzheimer’s Treatmentby R. Douglas Fields “Neuroscientists could use brain waves to spur immune cells into action against the diseaseContinue readingWhat I Read: Possible Alzheimer’s Treatment

What I Read: Introduction to Circuits

By Andrew Fairless on December 18, 2020December 4, 2020

https://distill.pub/2020/circuits/zoom-in/ Zoom In: An Introduction to CircuitsBy studying the connections between neurons, we can find meaningful algorithms in the weights of neural networks. “In contrast to the typical picture ofContinue readingWhat I Read: Introduction to Circuits

What I Read: Kids’ brains building AI

By Andrew Fairless on December 15, 2020December 3, 2020

https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/2/28/18239993/artificial-intelligence-children-machine-learning-alison-gopnik-psychology Kids’ brains may hold the secret to building better AIby Sigal Samuel “It’s called Moravec’s paradox: The things we thought would be hard — like playing chess — areContinue readingWhat I Read: Kids’ brains building AI

What I Read: Tiny Brain Cells Connect Mental and Physical Health

By Andrew Fairless on December 12, 2020December 1, 2020

https://www.wired.com/story/the-tiny-brain-cells-that-connect-our-mental-and-physical-health/ Donna Jackson NakazawaBackchannel01.21.2020 08:00 AMThe Tiny Brain Cells That Connect Our Mental and Physical HealthA new understanding of long-overlooked cells called microglia is challenging the assumption that body andContinue readingWhat I Read: Tiny Brain Cells Connect Mental and Physical Health

What I Read: Hidden Computational Power in Neurons

By Andrew Fairless on November 30, 2020November 28, 2020

https://www.quantamagazine.org/neural-dendrites-reveal-their-computational-power-20200114/ Hidden Computational Power Found in the Arms of NeuronsJordana CepelewiczStaff WriterJanuary 14, 2020The dendritic arms of some human neurons can perform logic operations that once seemed to require wholeContinue readingWhat I Read: Hidden Computational Power in Neurons

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